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thought that was going to be about TMAO (Trimethylamine N-Oxide)

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120....

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9235870/figure/F1/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6213249/figure/nutr...

TMAO is the precursor of imidazole propionate.

No, it is not. imidazole propionate is made by gut bacteria metabolizing histidine.

https://www.caymanchem.com/product/33458/imidazole-propionat...

My bad, I read the paper too fast.

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